Migrant Cultures. Contributions of NGOs and Community-Based Organizations to Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Santiago, Chile

2020 ◽  
pp. 221-240
Author(s):  
Pascuala Migone
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations

scholarly journals Local Communities’ Perceptions of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Resources in the Mtwara Region of Tanzania

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Festo W. Gabriel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Archaeological Ethnography

This paper examines local communities’ understanding of archaeology and cultural heritage resources. This study was conducted among the Makonde communities of the Mtwara Region of south-eastern Tanzania. The paper presents and critically discusses local communities’ views upon the meaning of archaeology and cultural heritage resources in general. The study used community-based methods by use of interviews, archaeological ethnography and focus group discussions. The results of this study reveal that the local communities in the Mtwara Region are not aware of the meaning of archaeology regardless of the number of archaeological researches that have been conducted in the region. Their understanding of the past is very much confined to intangible cultural traditions which are inherited and practised from one generation to another. Some conclusions are provided which undoubtedly indicate that according to the local communities’ perceptions cultural heritage resources are mainly characterized by intangible cultural practices and beliefs. As this study unveils, in this case tangible heritage resources have less importance to the local communities. This is contrary to the professional or academic conceptions which provide a dual focus on conservation and protection of tangible cultural heritage resources. It is only very recently that we see some studies being conducted focusing on intangible cultural heritage resources.

scholarly journals Community participation in Intangible Cultural Heritage safeguarding

Pravovedenie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Valentina L. Zingari ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Event ◽  
Definition Of

According to the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), social actors are at the core of the ICH. Article 2 proposes a subjective, creative and dynamic definition of heritage based on community, groups and individuals (CGIs), highlighting a spiritual connection: ICH safeguarding must respect the “sense of identity and continuity” of CGIs — the main actors in the process of heritage transmission. This community-based vision of heritage is developed in the text of the Convention, the Operational Directives, and reinforced since 2016 by the Twelve Ethical principles introduced in the Basic Texts. A Convention is much more than a text: it determines political, social and cultural contexts, as well as processes of change. A normative tool conceived as guidelines for governments, permeates social life, becoming a framework for the actions and evolution of civil society. This article reflects on the following case study: the “Tocatì Programme for the Safeguarding of Traditional Games and Sports” (TGS). The programme started in Verona, Italy in 2003, connecting a network of communities and building relationships through the organization of an international event: The “Tocatì Festival of Games in the Streets”. From the beginning, this social movement has strengthened the support of institutions at different levels, connecting people, communities and living traditions with representatives of institutions, researchers, artists and policymakers. The cultural association coordinating Tocatì, Associazione Giochi Antichi (AGA) met the UNESCO ICH Convention in 2007. The author examines what has changed in the framework of the Convention in regard to the history of a community-based process and how the Tocatì experience contributes to the effective implementation of the Convention today. An attempt is made to identify the key factors, actors and steps of the Tocatì cultural, social and political process. This is a story that improves our understanding of the role of civil society in the complex, often conflictual and powerful dynamic of heritage-making.

The Significance of Living Heritage Conservation Education for the Community toward Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (13) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Noor Azramalina Abdul Aziz ◽  
Noor Fazamimah Mohd Ariffin ◽  
Nor Atiah Ismail ◽  
Anuar Alias
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Conservation Education ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Local People ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
Human Skills

Living Heritage or intangible cultural heritage (ICH) defined as human skills and knowledge, practices, expression, and instruments that form the transmitted practices of local people. By a lack of responsibility, recognition, and education, many emotions and manifestations of ICH are under crisis, threatened by globalization and cultural modernization. This paper provided the literature review as an analysis method and identified the significance of Living Heritage Conservation Education for the Community. In conclusion, the key a quality education, which in the Community-based Education for Living Heritage Conservation, not only fulfills people's needs but also helps link and empower both local people and the community to conserve the living heritage successfully.Keywords: Community-based Education; Intangible cultural heritage; Public awareness; Quality educationeISSN: 2398-4287 © 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v5i13.2090

scholarly journals Community-Based Arts and Participatory Act: Inclusive Knowledge as Intangible Culture Heritage Empowerment (ICHE)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12S2) ◽  
pp. 630-637
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Case Research ◽  
Community Based Art ◽  
Culture Heritage ◽  
Single Case Research

Intangible Culture Heritage (ICH) exists through collectively cultured actions and is identified individually, in groups and large divisions or communities. The weight of modernization that necessitates reform in all facets of life has threatened the practice and compromised the tradition of cultural comprising the intangible cultural heritage of current society. This study aspires to examine the mechanism of activities based on ICH in a community-based art project Lendu International Art Camp (LIAC). The qualitative study in the mode of this single case research concerned observation, fieldwork and document analysis. The study discovered that Intangible Culture Heritage Empowerment (ICHE) appeared through the value of inclusive knowledge/education built through three groups of activity classifications encompassing; Visual Art Expression, Health & Wellbeing and Heritage & Local Culture. This usefulness of inclusive knowledge/education has a diversity of styles of learning pedagogy such as collaborative, collective, informal and experiential learning that is established from the participatory action of the participants. The contributions of this research are that community-based art bears the potential to be a substantial contributor to reviving the cultural heritage of the community by way of comprehensive, inclusive knowledge.

Cultural Heritage on the Web: Applied Digital Visual Anthropology and Local Cultural Property Rights Discourse

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Hennessy
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Property ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Visual Anthropology ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Unesco Convention ◽  
Rights Discourse

AbstractThe 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage specifies that communities are to be full partners in efforts to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage. Yet the notion of safeguarding has been complicated by the politics and mechanisms of digital circulation. Based on fieldwork in British Columbia and Thailand, I show that community-based productions of multimedia aimed at documenting, transmitting, and revitalizing intangible heritage are productive spaces in which local cultural property rights discourses are initiated and articulated. I argue that digital heritage initiatives can support decision making about the circulation—or restriction—of digital cultural heritage while drawing attention to the complexities of safeguarding heritage in the digital age.

scholarly journals Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage and the environment

Pravovedenie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-137
Author(s):  
Benedetta Ubertazzi ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Geographical Indications ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Universe

The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (hereafter known as the Convention) was adopted within the framework of UNESCO in October 2003. Article 2 of the Convention establishes that intangible cultural heritage (ICH) must be compatible with sustainable development. Sustainable development in relation to culture consists of three intertwined dimensions: society, environment, and economy. Chapter 6 of the Operational Directives for the Implementation of this Convention establishes a framework related to “environmental sustainability”. The framework consists of three pillars. The first pillar relates to “environmental impacts in the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage”. The second pillar relates to “knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe”. The final pillar concerns “community-based resilience to natural disasters and climate change”. Through analysis of the Convention, the Convention’s Operational Directives and elements of intangible cultural heritage inscribed on the Representative List of the Convention, this article will provide case studies where, in line with these pillars, intellectual property rights, particularly geographical indications, aim to support environmentally friendly practices. In so doing, this article will also seek to show that intellectual property rights can recognise communities as bearers of knowledge about nature and as essential actors in sustaining the environment. Indeed, this work will suggest that although intellectual property rights, if not carefully drafted, can pose risks for environmental sustainability, when correctly adopted they have the capacity to empower communities. Thus, the aim of this work is to show how intellectual property rights can be tools to facilitate safeguarding and sustainability for both intangible cultural heritage and the environment.

Community-based Organizations and Issues in Community Development in an Era Constant Change

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 585-605
Author(s):  
Terrence Thomas ◽  
◽  
Befikadu Legesse ◽  
Cihat Gunden ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Action ◽  
Black Belt ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Black Belt Region ◽  
Local Problems ◽  
Community Based Organization

The failure of top-down categorical approaches for generating solutions to many local problems has led to the adoption of alternate approaches. Many scholars believe that a confluence of local and global forces have generated complex problems, which call for new approaches to problem solving. Previously, the top-down approach relied entirely on the knowledgeable elite. Communities were seen as passive study subjects and information flow was one way only- from knowledgeable elites to the less knowledgeable community agents or community-based organization acting on behalf of communities. The objectives of this study are to provide a review of governance as a means of organizing community action to address community problems in the Black Belt Region (BBR) of the Southeastern United States, and an assessment of community problems in the BBR from the perspectives of community-based organizations (CBOs). Data was collected from CBOs via a telephone survey in eleven Southeastern states and via listening sessions conducted with CBOs in 9 Southeastern states. The study provides valuable insight regarding the challenges faced by these organizations and strategies they employ in adapting to serve their communities.

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